Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally in opposition to the U.S. and the U.Okay. strikes on Houthi-run army websites close to Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14.

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Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally in opposition to the U.S. and the U.Okay. strikes on Houthi-run army websites close to Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14.

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Houthi rebels in Yemen struck a U.S.-owned and -operated container ship with an anti-ship ballistic missile on Monday because it handed by means of the Red Sea, the U.S. army said

According to U.S. Central Command, the missile hit the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, a industrial service flagged to the Marshall Islands, round 4 p.m. native time after being fired from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen. No accidents or important harm had been reported.

The newest assault comes lower than per week after the United States and the United Kingdom, together with their allies, started conducting a series of air strikes in opposition to Houthi targets in Yemen. The Pentagon says the U.S. and its allies hit 60 Houthi targets throughout 28 totally different places this previous Thursday, adopted by one other spherical of strikes over the weekend.

The marketing campaign by the U.S. and its allies got here in response to a latest uptick in Houthi assaults in opposition to industrial vessels crusing by means of the Red Sea previous Yemen, which has dogged worldwide delivery by means of the realm.

“These targeted strikes are a clear message that the United States and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most critical commercial routes,” President Biden mentioned when he introduced the strikes final week. “I will not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people and the free flow of international commerce as necessary.”

The U.S. army mentioned Monday that the Houthis fired one other missile towards the Red Sea delivery lanes earlier within the afternoon, however that missile failed mid-flight and landed on the bottom in Yemen. No accidents or harm had been reported in that incident.

The Houthis say they’re attacking industrial ships with ties to Israel till Israel ends its army marketing campaign in opposition to Hamas in Gaza, which started after the Hamas assault on October 7.

The Iranian-backed insurgent group has used fighters and drones to assault ships, and in addition fired missiles at vessels passing by means of the southern Red Sea, forcing greater than 2,000 ships to divert their course to keep away from an assault. Some of the assaults have broken ships, however U.S. warships have shot down most of the missiles and drones.

The surge in assaults by the Houthis and their vocal help from Iran has raised fears that the struggle between Israel and Hamas may develop right into a wider battle within the Middle East.

A spokesperson for Iran — which has supported the Houthis with weapons, intelligence and different support — blasted the air strikes by Western powers and mentioned the insurgent group would proceed concentrating on ships within the Red Sea.